THE ITALIAN ADVANCE.

Marlborough Express, Volume L, Issue 155, 3 July 1916, Page 5

THE ITALIAN ADVANCE.

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BATCBAROFS IMPLF^IEJsTS OF

-WARFARE.

'Australian and N.Z. Cable Association

..'(Received July 3 ; 9, aim-K .■;■' -■■: J : ' ./,-.■■• ROTffi/tfuly 2. | Semiofficial.: ■Tbe-;:-Italian vi^ff-ensiv;© has been extended to" the v'liQle'front. The Austrian j are powerless to ajjrest the- j'dv.ince, and are;em;oloving ; most ' barb'airous mcthodK.^: '^■|Generi'i : ! "Boroeviq 'wafted ■in 'larg^ •;quantities; on the..^tajirtnpi, surprising them b'v a- measuuo^which' was prepared. < to\ the minutest, de+.tilts iin the p're*ence r oi ■ thf>M AMhdtiliC Joseph. Boroevic'K scheme , gruvW every pi-omise of brilliant result*, but the Italians, after the first' moment, of surprise, were able to resist until fresh troops arrived in time to throw "themselves on / t ( hf>iiK adee.-t:a^i*s and -capture '400 prisoners. • ;. Another' device is »rminrr sxWcii'l •squads; of . A ustnans \ liyith cl v W with i%arp pfiints. in r ,o-der to despatch fjillen Ttaliaris. . , Barbarous,;..., implements were found oh tho battlefield.-